Sun Microsystems launched a new initiative the week of November 17 that it believes will accelerate the adoption of its Java Card technology for smart cards by drawing a broader range of smart-card ...

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Japan, a country “synonymous with technical revolution,” was recently given a first-hand look at some of the new Java Card technologies, including the Next Generation Java Card. The first ever Java ...

An application software platform from Oracle for smart cards based on a subset of the Java programming language. Using an optimized bytecode to save space, several Java applets can be stored in the ...

“For the last couple of years,” says Robert Stuart, Product Manager at Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, “smart cards have had to compromise on application capability due to size constraints in ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems' Java Card technology, which is used to identify millions of mobile phone users, is expected to come to PCs as well, a Sun executive said. Java Card is a standard for ...

Oberthur launches multi-application Java and Visa-certified smart card Oberthur Card Systems has introduced CosmopolIC Lite, a new low-end, Java and Visa-certified smart card for multi-application ...

IBM is collaborating with Sharp Corporation in Japan to develop a high-capacity flash memory card equipped with IBM's Java Card Open Platform (JCOP) OS, the two companies disclosed last week. The ...

Allies of "smart cards"--credit cards or ID cards with small computer processors--are improving the technology in hopes of hastening their broader use. Smart cards offer advantages such as better ...

Gemplus develops new prototype for future Java card products Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world's leading provider of smart card-based solutions, ...